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Newton MA 02459 · License #P-170170 · Center · Center-Based Care
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Staff Records
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Staff orientation, training and meetings
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
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Feeding schedule for each infant/toddler; Infants held while fed from bottle
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
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Indoor Space
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
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Storage of Personal Belongings
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
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Disposition: Yes
Disposition: No
Disposition: Yes
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Data synced from Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care on Jul 10, 2026 · Source records · Report an error
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Evacuation procedures posted at each exit
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
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Emergency Evacuation
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
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Individual Health Care Plan (IHCP)
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Toxic Substances
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
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Current consent for administered medications
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Group Child Care: 1. One staff member's file did not have a PQ Registry. 2. One staff member's file did not have documentation of a current physical and their MMR's. 3. Two staff files did not have documentation of a program orientation. School Age: 1. One staff file did not have a current physical. 2. One staff file did not have a verification of school-age work experience form.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Group Child Care: 1. Staff meetings were not consistently documented.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
An infant child was having a bottle while laying on a boppy and not being held. This is a choking hazard.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
The cover on the heating unit was broken in the Ocean Classroom.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
School-Age: Children's items were not stored in a sanitary manner as they were on the ground or not kept separate do avoid items overlapping.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
An evacuation procedure was not posted by the back door in the Pre-School Classroom.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Group Child Care: The fire drill log did not document the routes that were taken.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Three group childcare children's individual health care plans did not have all required information documented.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Group Child Care: 1. The cleaning spray was accessible to the children in the Infant Classroom by the diaper changing pad. School Age: A staff member's purse was accessible to children as it was in an unlocked cabinet.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
One school-age child's file did not have a doctor's consent form.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Staff Records - R Apr 2025
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
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Children's records and checklist - R Apr 2025
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
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Accurate attendance; arrival/departure times
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Evacuation drill log, all groups
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
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Individual Health Care Plan (IHCP) - R Apr 2025
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
1. Two GCC staff files did not have a date of interview documented. 2. One GCC staff file did not have documentation of reference verification. 3. Two GCC staff files did not have a program orientation form. 4. One SACC staff file did not have a verification of school-age work experience form.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
1. One GCC child's file did not have a date on the developmental history form. 2. One GCC child's file did not have a lead screening.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
1. In the Infant 1 Classroom, a teacher had taken a child out of the classroom and did not have an attendance on them for that child. 2. When the Toddler G Classroom went outside in split groups, one group did not have an attendance on them.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
The fire drill log in the SACC program did not document the effectiveness of the drills.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Individual health care plans did not have all information required.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Children in the school-age classrooms were eating snack while doing other activities which is not sanitary.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
An Evacuation procedure was not posted by the side door in the Forest Room.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Group Child Care: One child's emergency life saving medication was not in their original box with their original label.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Both programs: Individual health care plans did not have all required information documented.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Staff Records - R Apr 2025
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Children's Records - R Apr 2025
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
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Attendance Recording and Group Sizes/Ratios
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
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Food prepared/served in safe/sanitary manner
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
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Evacuation procedures posted at each exit
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Medication
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Individual Health Care Plan (IHCP) - R Apr 2025
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Group Child Care: 1. One staff file did not have the EEC Essentials Training Certificate. School-Age: 1. Two staff files did not have documentation of the date of interview. 2. Two staff files did not have verification of references documented. 3. Two staff files did not have a school-age work experience form. 4. One staff member did not have their EEC Essentials Training Certificate.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Group Child Care: 1. One child was missing a lead screening in their file. School-Age : Children's files did not have documentation that their physicals were on file at their schools and/or did not have a current physical in file.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
The attendance was not accurate in the Forest SACC Classroom.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Staff meeting documentation
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Attendance Recording and Group Sizes/Ratios
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Food prepared/served in safe/sanitary manner
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Children's Records
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Staff Records
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Evacuation procedures posted at each exit
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Emergency Evacuation - R Apr 2025
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Individual Health Care Plan (IHCP) - R Apr 2025
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Medication
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
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Emergency medications readily available
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
School-Age: The staff meetings did not note the end times of the meetings.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
The attendance was not immediately taken in the school-age classrooms.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
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Violation
School Age: Children were not eating snack in a sanitary manner as they were eating snack while reading and/or other activities.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Group Child Care: 1. One child's file did not have a lead screening. School-Age: 2. Two children's files did not have a date for the off-site consent form, transportation form and on-site swim consent forms.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Group Child Care: 1. One staff member's file did not have documentation of an MMR. 2. One staff member's file did not have the EEC Essentials training certificate. School-Age: 3. Two staff member's files did not have documentation of a current physical. 4. Two staff member's files did not have documentation of their MMR's. 5. Two staff member's files did not have a verification of school-age work experience form. 6. One staff member's file did not have a program orientation.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Evacuation signs were not posted by each exit in the classrooms.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
The fire drill log did not document the routes that were taken.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
An individual health care plan was not completed with all required information.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Group Childcare: One child's [REDACTED] was expired.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Children's medications were not immediately available in the school-age classrooms.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Children's records and checklist - R Apr 2025
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Staff Records - R Apr 2025
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Evacuation procedures posted at each exit; Exit signs and diagrams as required
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Evacuation drill log, all groups
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Staff and children wash hands: after contact with bodily fluids
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Individual Health Care Plan (IHCP) - R Apr 2025
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Two children's files did not have a current physical.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
1. One staff file did not have documentation of a program orientation. 2. One staff file did not have documentation of an annual evaluation. 3. Two staff files did not have documentation of required trainings.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
An evacuation procedure was not posted by the front door in Room L Classroom and by the back exit door in Room G Classroom.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
The fire drill log did not document the routes that were used.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
After blowing a child's nose in the Toddler Room G, a teacher did not wash their hands or a child's hands.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Individual health care plans were not completed with all required documentation.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Children were eating snacks while doing other activities, which is not sanitary.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
An emergency life saving medication was not in its original box with their original label.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Children's Records - R Apr 2025
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Individual Health Care Plans
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Food prepared/served in safe/sanitary manner
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
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Medication Storage; Medication Container/Label
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
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1. Two files releases did not have updated releases forms. 2. A developmental history form was not current.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
Violation
Individual health care plans did not have all required information documented.
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.